Brad Pitt's brother Doug: Acting is tough

Bradd Pitt's brother Doug films some advertisements that become an internet
hit and says 'acting was really a lot harder than I expected'

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Doug Pitt, brother of US actor Brad Pitt, on a cruise on Sydney Harbour, Australia for a promotional event.Photo: EPA

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Stepping out: Brad Pitt with Angelina Jolie in February this yearPhoto: BROADIMAGE/REX FEATURES

12:58PM BST 23 Aug 2012

Doug Pitt, the brother of Hollywood superstar Brad Pitt, has talked about how hard it is to make a film.

Doug, who owns a computer centre in Springfield, Missouri, has been in the limelight after signing on as Virgin Australia's spokesperson and filming a series of advertisements spoofing his suburban lifestyle.

Doug told the New Zealand Herald that he never realised how tough his famous brother's job could be. Speaking from a boat cruising around Sydney Harbour, he said: "It was really a lot harder than I expected and so I had to call him (Brad) up. When they say action, the light goes on, there's a room full of people and ... everybody's trying to do their job and they're looking at you to, alright, deliver. When that's not what you do for a living, it's a little intimidating at first."

One of the commercials - showing Doug at home shooting hoops, cooking lasagne, building a bird house and chilling out in his man room - went viral on YouTube, notching up more than one million views.

Doug says it was designed to be tongue-in-cheek and Brad thought it was funny too and told him to go for it.

As for what Brad thought of the commercial: "He thought it was hilarious" and the rest of their family have "made sport of it as well (and) had a little fun at my expense".

Asked which of Brad's movies would he like to have been in, Doug replied: "That's a tough one. I love Inglourious Basterds as a movie, so probably somewhere in there. Maybe not his part, maybe just one of the Basterds."